I’m double connected to this in a way.
1. My Mother’s grandparents came to the US via Finland. I think they were on an island in the bay between Sweden and Finland. Before they could leave her grandfather had to serve in the White Russian Army. I don’t know the years.
2. My father was Patton’s 3rd and Patch’s 7th Armies during WWII. Toward the end of the War, he was stationed around Bad Tolz, Tegernsee, Bad Wiesee near the CZ border. The SS Casserne at Bad Tolz evacuated the base to prevent the allies from destroying the Town, Base and Hospital. My father was 20 miles into CZ when they were ordered to halt and let the Russians take Prague.
Your article mentioned the Russians in WWII taking the gold in Prague back to Russia. My father did not know that happened.
More connection that is unexplained.
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CZ near Bad Tolz near end of WWII, Russian assault on Prague
The “Russians” that took Prague were dressed in German Army uniforms and were remnants of Vasloff’s Army who chased the SS units left to secure Prague out. They then surrendered Prague to a Czech delegation. Who once surrounded by the Stalinist forces allowed them to take the Vasloff group as prisoners and most if not all wound up being executed as traitors. Most of them were probably Ukrainians that fought with the Germans against the Russians .